9780323876346: Low Vision: Principles and Management
Softcover
ISBN 10: 032387634X ISBN 13: 9780323876346
Publisher: Elsevier, 2023

Synopsis

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Optometry**

Providing an ideal balance of theory and practice, Low Vision: Principles and Management covers all aspects of providing effective eye care to individuals with visual impairment. This concise yet comprehensive resource covers everything from theoretical background to current rehabilitative aids and low vision treatment strategies-all while adopting a practical approach to vision care. It brings practising eye care professionals and students fully up to date with current optical and electronic devices and how they are used in everyday practice, as well as evidence-based vision rehabilitation guidelines.

  • Features comprehensive guidance on visual rehabilitation for acuity loss and visual field loss
  • Describes a wealth of practical advice and real-world case scenarios to help guide your day-to-day patient interactions as well as your most challenging situations
  • Covers hot topics, including the link between mental health and low vision, assistive technologies, measures of quality of life and other outcome measures, WHO classifications of visual impairment, and best practices for auditing and commissioning vision services
  • Contains over 200 diagrams, illustrations, and patient photos to aid in visual understanding
  • Explains how eye care professionals can work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide complete care
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

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About the Authors

Christine Dickinson, BSc, PhD, FCOptom, PGCertHE, Professor of Clinical Optometry, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Ana Hernįndez Trillo, BSc, MSc, PhD, PGDipMEd, SFHEA, Senior Lecturer in Optometry, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Michael Crossland, PhD MCOptom DipRVI, Senior Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London and Specialist Optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

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Publisher
Elsevier
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
032387634X
ISBN 13 
9780323876346
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
352